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, w'r Nr k &TING OF P004EOZIr S AND CAPTAIN B I 2E. (A. D. ia) In a, hallat Brontford, whentho Snulish "'qW the Indian Prncess, sutmmon9et e graces nilsht bo seen, . 4 di'rthe rumor of her beauty f!lod the ear o opurt and Queen. There for audience as she waited, with hal. scornful, stent air All ds by the splendor gleaming round Dight in brolored hoSo an' doublet, oanie a courtier down the stair. Aswith"Itrlding stop he hasted, burdened with the Queen's command. Loud he crles, in tones that tingled: "Wel Oome, wolcotno to my land I" But A tremor seized the Princess, and bsn drooped upon her hand. "Whatl no word, my Pooahontas? Must I como on bonded knee? Iwore slain within the forest, I were dead be yond the son, On the banksof wild Pamunkey Thad perished, but for thee. "Ah, I keep a heart -igh loA, that can never more forger, I can mocr 'e rush, the breathl;i.- I can see the eyelids wet; I can feel the sudden tightening of thino arms about me yet. "Nay look up. Thy father's daughter never feared the face of man, Bhrank not from the forest darkness when her doe-like footsteps ran To my cabin, bringing tidings of tbj craft of Powhatan." With extended arms, ontreating, stood the stalwart Captain there, While the courtiers pros around her, and the passing pages stare: But no sign gave Pocaontas underneath her veil of hai r. All her litho and willowy flguca quivered like an aspen leaf, And she crouched as if she shriveled, frost touchel by somle suddctn grief, Turning only on her hitsband, ltoife, one glancb, sharp, searching, brief At the Captain's haugbcy gesture back the eu riouts courtiers fell. And with soothest it ord and accent ho besought that she would tell Why she turned away, nor groo ed hits wh,rz she had served so well. But for two long hours the Princess dumbly sat and bowed her hend, Movoloss as the statue near her. When at last she epako she said: "White man's tongue is falso. It told mo-told mO-that my brave wts deatt; "And I lay upon my doerskins all one moon of falinhg ieave-, (Who hath care for song or corn dance when the voice within her griovos?) Looking wostward where the souls go, up the path the sunset weaves. "Call toe 'child' now. It is over. On tmy hus band's arin I loan. Never shadow, Nen,eoosrz, our twain hearts shall come between. Take my hand, and lot is follow the groat Cap. talin to his Quoeu." -Maroaret 're-im. in IIarper's Magnzine. A MISPLACED KINDNESS. On the death of Colonel Laking no one was more sur-prised at his not hav ing left a will than Mr. Alfred Liking, his nephew and heir- at-law. That gen tleman had the host reasonls for know ing thst his uncle was not well disposed toward him-in fact, the Colonel had refused to have anything to do with lim for some years past, The truth was that Alfred Laking was once guilty of an act of meantiess, which his uncle never forgave, and, therefore, the fort unate heir had not expected to benefit by his uncle's death. But even out siders, who know nothing of the cause of estrangement between the Colonel and his nephew, were amazed at the old gentleman dying intestate. He had so frequently expressed his determination of preventing his neiphew from succeed ing to hi3 property, and had liade so many wills at ditl'crent times with that object, that his intestaov caused tni versal astonishment. It was generally supposed that his someh' lat sudden death had frustrated his testameontar'y intentions, or else that, at the last moo ment, he had realized the force or the old adage that bleed Ia thicker thatn Water, and had been content to perm'tit his nephew to inhe'it by the ordinary course of lawv. But while Mr. Alfred Laking received the congratulations of his friends with equanimity, and apparently acquiesced in the general opinion that he wats a very lucky individual, he did not by any meians feel secure. of his inheritance. His natural cunning, and his mean, sits-. picious nature suggested the idea that his uncle had not failed to take due pr'e cautions to guard against the contin gency whichihaduhappenied. lie did not bleove for an instant that the old muan's feelings had softened toward him in htis .last muoments, any sentiment approach ing miagnanimnity being beyond the nair row lmits of lis moral)percoptions. In his heart of hearts he felt convincedl that there was a wvill in existence, and that ho owed his inheritance to the ac cidental circumstance of the docu men t having been mislaid or overlooked. *But though this foreboding possesod him so strongly that it amounted almost to a moral certainty, lie took 110 step)s to t'erify his suspicions. (On the contrary| he.carefully refrained from doing any thing of the kind, lie did, mndecid, stealtily3 and in secret scrutitnize his utclo's papers, diestroying all those which couataitied suspicious memnorn da. But lie omitted to take the obvi outs coutrse of advor'tising in the newspa pers, or' applying to the variouts legal gentlemen whose serr ices- to his knowl edge-his uncle had from 1time to t ime employed. H lthugt it poss5ile - poa le,in fac-tat n of t hese might be in possession of a will; but hte coul d novel' sutmtmon utp consiage to ask. Ha kept the fact of the old1 man's dleath as Ouiet as possible, not even annoe.e Ing the event in the daily papiers. Ile' employed a strange solicitor' to petrfotrm the legal work conniected withI thte art ministration of the e'state, and, in short endelavoredl to avoidl plicity in er way. - Oc' For the first few months of hi.e uncle' s death lhe "was perpetua!ly haunted by the dread that his el aborate p)recauttio'n would be thrown away; butwhten a year bad passed lie began to~ breathe mote freely. The chances 'yore, lhe thought, that, if a will existed, it would have turned up by this tinme, or else it would probably rot away in its hiding ph:iee. Thus by degrees the phantom conitred up '.y his pusillanimous imaginat.ion be came less appalling, until one (lay hi any).ty was revived by a very ominoits -incident. A shabbily dressed, middle-aged man called upon him, and said lie had an im portant communication to make. lie gave the name of Crumbor, and Alfred Laking then recollected that he was a clerk ini the office of the solicitor whom he had employed to wind up his uncle's estate. F'his circumstance seemed re assuring, for Alfred Laking naturally supposec' the man had been sent with some message from his master relating to busimess matters. "I presume Mr. Baker asked you to c al?'he said, nervously. "No, sir; the fact Is I left Mr. Baker's *ffice some mqnths ago. I am at pres ent in aohrsituation," replied the inan. "What is your business, then P" In quired Mr. LakiIng, with increased on.. *q duppose we are quite alone, sir, est,ica speak out, though I cannot whi youa hive to say that Import~t" returned Mfr. Laking, w7~( E~!Qu tQsee that the door was U fatUat10. withikhothei solicitor"" said ,C1'udber, loW61ng his voice. "The gentlernan I am now with is Mr. Mayne, of Lindoln's-inn.fleids. I don't know whether you ever heard of him, sir?" Alfred Laking started, and turned dead;y pale. He happened to know that his uncl had consulted this gentle. man professionally at a comparatively recent date. and he, therefore, in-. stinctively guessed the nature of the revelation in store for him. "Not j never heard of Mr. Malyno, and I do 't believe my uncle did,' he replied, almost fiercely. -Well, sir, you see your uncle did not always consult you about his atairs," returned Mr. Crumber, rather disro spectfully. "At any rate, he knew Mr. Mayne, who prepared a will for him shortly before he died." "How do you know," demanded Alfred Laking, too startled to conceal his agitation. "Because PI' seen it. I've not only seen it, but I've read it. Your eamo isn't mentioned in that will, Mr. Lak ing," said the man, With a grin. "A very fine story," said Alfred Laking, with a forced laugh. " Pray, how is it that Mr. Mayne has never written to inform me of the alleged will?" " Because, in the first place, I doubt if he is aware of the Colonel's death; but, if he Is, he has probably forgotten that the Colonel left his will with him, for his memory isn't what it was,", said Mr. Crumber, growing more familiar 1n h;s manner as he remarked Alfred i.nking's white lips and agitated do. meanor. "By soI omission the will is not indexed in the schedule of the contents of the strong room. I camne across it quite aceidentally while search. ing for something else. Knowing the name of the testator and all the clir cumistances, the will attract 'd my atton tion. Otherwise, it would probably have romained undisturbed for years.'' Thon do yo'l mhean to say that Mr. Maynie is unaware of the eistenceo of the will?" said Alfred Lakinlg, with in voluntary eagerness. I believe every one in the ofllce has forgotten it. I might. purloin that will romi the safe to-morrow and no one would be the wiser," returned ('rumber, imupressivel y. It Wa4 impiolss;l.'le to ignore the in. sidious purlposo of the man's visit. EvidOntly lie was an unscrupulous scoundrel, who desired to turn the (is corory le made to account. Alfred Laking looked at him with newly awakoned curiosity, and was by no neans favorably impres-ed by his ap pearanc'e. The man had a forbiddin-r expression, and it suddenly occurred to> Mr. Laking that this was ant impudeint attempt to extort muoney by false pre tenses. "I don' t believe a word of what you say," he cried, sididnly rising from his sent and confronting the unwol come visitor " Your story is a tissue of falsehoods." "I was afraid you iighit think so, sir, so I venture( t') bring the will with me,'" said the inau, slyly. W hat! you have actually stolen it?" cried Alfred .aking. I have it here, anyway," returned Crumber, coolly, as he produ('ed a document from his pocket. " I can put it back where I took it from within an hour. Of course, it is no earthly ue to me." "Lot me see it," said Alfred Lakinr, in a hoarse voice, seating himself in his chair again. Mr. (irumber un'oldel the (locument and glanced at it, a)ppa'ently retlecting whether it would he wiso to part with it. But n! ter a pause hie laid it on thle desk, saying: "I'mi treating you like a gentleman, sir. Y ou muist promise to re'turni it, to "Yes, y'es,"' saidI Alfred La:kingr stretching out his hand imp atient ly. Sonmc moments claipsedtbefoi'e thle agitated gentlemnan could comp)ose himi self sutEcientl y to tako in the contents of the will. lie first turned to th" linial page, which bore the signature of the testator and the attesting witnmesses. So far as he could judge thle signaftures were genuine, andl the docuimeint had evidently been prepared several monthIs ago, the edges of the piaper being~ dis colored and the iink faded. It" was dated a fewv weeks before Colonel Lak ing's death, 1and( was, thlerefoi'e, in all p)robability, the last will lie had made. When he came to read it carefully Alfred Laking's lingering hope that the doumont might he a forgery was quick ly dispelled. F'rom intei'nal evidence it wYas undoubtedly genuiuo, the niame of variious personis and places being men tiouied which nio striangei' could ha:vo fabricated. Th'ie Colonel appiearcd to have loft his priopert'.y to some dla:tant relatives, subject to a fewv charitable bequests. is nephew' s name was not mentioned an(t an old military friend wasfl apphointed executor. Alr. Alfred Laking read the will oveir two or three times, keeping his face concealedl from Mr. Crutnber, who maizn ifested a good deal of imp)atienice. At length lie roused himself from his un pleasant reflections, folded ump the fatal document and fixed a half-frightened, half-defiant gaze u pen his visitoi'. "What (do you proposo5 to (10 with this?'' he in<luiredl, nervously'. " Well, sir, that deCpendls upon you,'' repliedl Crumber. "'If you advise me to put it b)ack and remindi the Giovernor of it, well and good" But Alfred Laking did not hasten to adrviso th i straightforwardI course. Hie kept silent for a. long time, fidgeting nervously with the document hei ha( in his hand, and at length Cruimbor sOke. "You see, sir, nobeody knows of t&i existence of thle will but you and ime. Supposing we were to thirow it on thle lire voinder, wh'lo would lbe thle wiser?" "hI ow dlare you sugp est such a th ing 1'" crid Afre Lain, with ashow ofsir. tuous inidignat ion. "'it would be a crim inal offense.'" "I suppose you wouldn't split, on mie, sir, if [ was to (do it,'' suggested Crumbier, speaking almost in a whis per. '"Thle fact is, sir, I'm t hinkinig oi emigrating, i doni't mfind thme risk. G iv me a thousand pounds and thle trick is (lone." Thle ind(ignant exviression ha d':( out of Alfred l.aking s face, leavinlr it whiter than ever, and he gazedl at hit companion with a kind of territ:(d fas-ci. nation, lie wvas struck by the hol.Iness and simfplicity' of thme course suggestedl' wh ich wvould etl'etmually relieve him fronm al futher anxiety. But he shrank from being a party (0 a dlelberate fraud for tear ol the~ conse. uences, and he was rather staggered by' the largoe amount which Mr. Crumher' dIema n(ed f(r hir. services. Yet, when lie retlectedl that he would lose his whole fortuine if the ,will should be discovered, and also that Crumnber might be tempted-if he re fused to accept his terms-to sell his secret to other intei'ested parties, he re solved to close with him at once. It was a sunootn determination, taken hall in desperation and half from sheer fright. The will was destroyed, and early the next miorning D4r. Crumber started for America rotn LIv"erpool with otte thousad pounds sterling in gold in his rocket. Alfrod Laking~ went and saw him off, the money until he was safely on board ship.. Upon h:i-return to London, feel ing, in spite of sundry misgivings, more relieved and light-hearted than be had done since his uncle's death, his exubor ant spirits received a sudden chock in Consequence of the receipt of a letter from Mr. Mayne, which ran thus: - Sin: I formerly acted professIonally for your Into iuncle, Colonel Lakin and shall be glad it you will gIve nie a enil at your earliest con nionce, on a matter of importunco. Yours faithfully, Jo11 N. 1).,MNaYNF. This communication gave him a great shock, for it naturally occurred to hin at on1CC that this "matter of imnpor tanco" referred to his uicle's will. If the document had already been missed, immediate steps would, of course, be taken to recover it, which might lead to the arrest of Crumher, and even re. sult in his own apprehension on a crini nal charge. The baro notion of such a calamity brought beads of perspiration to his brow, and his first impulse was to ilee the country. But upon second thoughts he aban. doned the idea. Even supposin l Crunber should be suspected of having destroyed the uill there was no proof. The man would deny the charge for his own sake, besides which lie was out of the country. Upon the vhol'e, Alfred lakinig thought the wisest course would be to lace the matter out; and much as he would have preferred to avoid an in' terview with the lawyer, he determned to call upon him without delay. Accordingly he presented himself at Mr. Mayne's oll.ee the mornin afte'rre ceiving the letter, looking very pale and nervous, though making every effort to appear at ease. 1 wrote to you," Ir. l.aking, said the old lawyer, when they had ex changed greetings, "'because I havo reason to believe that you have received a communieation from i man namditl Crunber." "No," mrmuhred Alfred Laking. His answer appeared to cause Mr. Mayne some surprise, for he old gen tleman stared at hni through his spec tacles for a second or two, and then sad. rather sharply: "" ame of Crunber. The man was a clerk in my olice until recently." "Certainly not,'' repeated Alfred Laking. lie intended his relply to be bold and emphatic, but the attenplt was a miserable failure. There was a quaver in his voice, and his eyes in stimctively sought the carpet. '"A-hem!" coughed Mr. Mayne, in an unpleasantly significant manletr. '"he fact is," he resumed, '"your uncle naide a will shortly before lie died, w'hith lie left in my charge, but a few dats haer lhe called and revpkod it. le gave ats his reason that ho did not wish his ani mosity agairxt you to continue after lis death.'' "You don't say that!" exclaimed Alfred Laking, with a stare of genuino su1rpr'ise. "'lie revoked the will by tearing ofl the signatures on the last page,'' coi tinuei the lawyer, still looking his visit or in thie face, "and the mutilated don mient beinlg,of course, mere waste paper, was tied to the draft and put away in all old pres?. 'T'his man Crumber, whoni I dischargedi a few weeks ago for dlishionl esty, seems to have purloined the mu tilated docu'ient, and, thinking ha might meditate attempting to in' ose upon you, 1 conceived it to be my dlity to warn you. lie might, for instance, have restored the last page by means of forgery, and passed oil' the will upon you ais \alid and slbsistiln." ''The infernlal scoundlrel!" cried Al fred Laking, violently, forgetting his caut ion.when lie thought of his ?1,000. ''Yes, I'm afraid lie is that,'' said thle lawyer, dryly.. "so you see, Mr. Lak mlg, it wals Emdnlless throwvn auway On your' parlt to tauke the tr'oul to sc-c him oil' fronm Liverpool yesterday. I Wish you a good mornine', sir." P'olisi H[ospliallty. T'he P'oles are extraord inairily lhospi tab)le; they onltertin wvithiout grtuge. At every table in the large houses somie extra 1)1lacOs are laid ready for uniex peeted guestsas they say, "for the travelci' that comes ever the sea." It is poss5ible3 in P'ohand to go uiiniivited to visit your friend, taking youi' childeen, your ser vants and horses, and to st ay five or six weeks without receiving any hint to go. Th'le Poles are fond of gayety, of amnusemient, of society; they lovo pleas ure in all its bright and charming forms. T1hie countr'y houses are con stanitly full of visitorst, and( ini the winter there is often the "Kulig,"' a gathering which mlereases as it goes from house to house. It is t aken from a peasant cus tom, andl the nobles, when they get uip a "'Kulig,"' weai' the peasant costumes, very beaufully made. Tlhey go over the snow i sledges firom house to house, dancing for two( 01' three days at oneC, and then goinig on to another,'taking the po'>p)l0 of the house which t hey loaivo with them. At last there are peirha:ps twventy sledges all full of people, driessedl in bright colors anId smuging the songs of the "'Kuii.'" At every hiouso they dance the characteristic dances oIf the occasion-the "Krakauak," the ''Ma zur,"' anid the "'Oberek."' The iirst is a very pretty and peCculiar dance, iln which the pafrtners turni away from each other andl thieni camie face to fa(ce ; ihe "Ma-zur" is something hike the quiadille, thouvrh it is by no mieans the samo1); tTie '"Oborek"' resembles a wvaltz (lanced the reverse way, and wvith a very pretty and characteristic tigur-e, in which thle man kneels on one knee atnd kisses his pairt ner's ha, d. Th'ley are all most chiarnm ing atnd p. "tty, andl tile Poles dan11ce with enthusiasn, as3 well as e'race. T'hey have many national customs and cere mmonis wvhiich are occatsions for danicineg and pleasure. Tlhen, in the autumn andi winter, there is boair huniting, in this way, with thoese various anusoment.s the time paisses~ in the country houses, and visitors will stay six wveeks or per haps six months- --/oadon ?Tmes. - * f I was ::n actress, instead of an actor,"' said a well -know 11 ip rofessi on al, '"I wouldl not plauy the pairt of Eleanior t\ au:d in 'D avyV ('roukett1,' ftorat hou.. santid dlla rs -a wee k. Vei e I lanlcy tiraveled ni ilhi I Frank Alavo smerl years algo in t ha t role, and1( sh'ue d ied o(f ~eon sumpu1tion1. Then'iI Laura ( lanuev. her sin ter, was engarred, an i now sh'e is dyieg (If the Siam) :Esoase inu Sothorn (ah fornia. A Iihirdl I'lea nor wa. Laur a Don,. anid a fewv da s a<go she sailed for Southern Firanice, and her Iast i-em ark to rue as I ha 'n her- good-byi nasi that she would not live to comn' hack to Amel-ra. ease consumpl1t iin. P'eoplo say t hat wve of the d ra mati- profe <sion ali supor stitio0ns, buIIt t hese are facts that ought to make everybody afraid of actinlg Elea nor \Vau-hn.",V--. Y. Nun. As yrishman applied to an ovumc>r of a ship-yard to be put oe a ab. Hie was informed that his regneat could not be complied 'with ; but, as Pat continued to gaze.at an anchor which was lying ini the viomnity, the foremian repeated hls reply that' there was no work for hirm and advised hime to go away. " Divil s riwIIty solrti Ia || |' Large Crops of Cor. The yteld of corn per Aor, aooording to the reports of .the National Depart ment of Agriculture, is very small the present year. Strange as It may appear, the largest yield is ore4ited to Mine, whore the crop averages 88.6 bushels per acre. Kansas comes next with an average yield of 82.6 bushels per acre. [In Florida, the land of flowers and per petual sunshine, the yield is very small, being only 10.3 bushels. The yield in Michigan, Wisconsin and Minnesota is larger than in the three States that lie south of them. In all the States where cotton is the leading crop, the average yield of corn is very small. The entire South appears to be very poorly adapt ed to the production of corn. The seasons are long, the sunshine bright, the temperature all that can be desired, and there is no loss on account of late or early frosts. Still corn is not a profitable crop. Much of the soil is very poor, and protracted droughts are .ikely to occur. In places where there is a rich soil, v.ery large crops of corn stalks and leaves can be raised. The former have no market value, however, and the cost of gathering the latter by the usual method of pluckingthem from the stalks is very great. Where corn stalks shoot up to a very great height, as they do in some portions of the Sout h, it is necessary td locate the hills a long distance apart, and, as a conse quence, there are but few of them on an acre. The amount of grain on a stalk of corn which is sixteen feet high is no larger than on one that is but eight, and the value of the forage is less. The corn grown in the South is more valua blo for making bread than that raised in the North, as it is softer and sweeter. This accounts in part for the preference of the Southern people for broad made of corn. The average yield on corn in what are known as "the great corn-prod...; ing States" is small, owing to the large amount planted on inverted sod. The sod is turned with a view of preparing the soil for some cultivated crop, and corn is preferred to any other. As the planting is done late in the season the sod is not sunficiently decomposed to furnish much material for plant growth, and its condition is such that cultivators can not be used between the rows. Still the yield of corn raised in this manner is reckoned in with that pro duced on well-prepared soil, which is often manured end . always cultivated. A bad showing is accordingly made of the iroductiveness of our finest Western lands. On the other hand, a remarka bly good showing is made for the natu rally poor or worn out lands in some of the Eastern States. The average yield is reported,probably truthfully, as large, or at least as larger than that of the Western States. The aggregate amount produced, however, is very small. Possibly it is produced at a loss if all the expense of fertilizers and labor were estimated. Nearly every farmer has a small portion of land in corn, and on this he puts a very large amount of manure and ex. pends a vast amount of labor. The land appropriated to this crop is the best on the entire farm. Quite likely it has been "in training" for some years before it was plaited for this crop. It has pro duced a cron of clover which was turned under. Perhaps coarse manure was also plowed under and fine manure cattered broadcast before the harrow was used. Compost or sonic excellent fertilizer was placed in the hills in order to give the young p)lants a start. A top dressing of ashes or plaster is app)liedl after the p)lants have appeared. 'The ground is wvorkcd with a hand-hoe as well as with the cultivator and plow. A laige crop is the result. h' armers in the more fertile portions (of the Western States can hardly be ex. pectedl to take so much pains with a crop of corn, especially where land is cheap and labor is comparatively high. Tlhey find it more p)rolitable to plant more acres and to expend less in labor andl fertilizers. Still it is likely that Western farmers would be the gainers by following the example of Eastern farmers more closely than they do. Not enough pains are taken in the produc tion of a corn crop in the most favored regions of the WVest. Land is often au propriated to the crop that is unsuita blec eithier on account of deficient drain aire or other natural defects. It is veer 1y plowedt, and all the subsequent work till the time of p)lanting is slighted. Not enough attention is paid to p~rocur ing reliable seed or a varie-" sumted io the climate of the region where it is to be planted. As many acres are to 1)e lantedI some is put in too early andl some too late. Much plantingr is done when Lhe soil contains so much moisture that t he seed will rot in the hill. The platnt ing is often (lone with a machine, and as goodi work is not done as when the work is p)erformed by hand. Manumring in the hill before p)lanting is never prac ticed, and a top (dressing of mineral or ot her fertilizers rarely appliedl. All the work of cultivation is performed by the .use of implements driawn byv horse s, and1( the handl-hoc is never seen~in the field. Corn hias recently been so high that thiere isn ogr economy in attemnpt.ing to raise a crop in this inannir. Afore at tent ion shonihl be given to prepasring the land( fo the cr01), to t he appl)1ication of nmanuirt, and in t.horoughm cultivationi. Th'le haimkhoe sun'. rie i:.d in con niection with the cultivator. In short, everything portainiing to thle production oi the crop) should receive more atten tion .-Chicaqo Times. -A New ing;reien'lm. It is Mirs. Cobb's cand al( op inio) n that in some (cases, t( ducfationl is not of mu tch be'nefi t to t he colore irace Mris. C obh has a (010ored cook, whom' saivs shei g-riadua:ted ait ai iemlel ernietry, who can ireaud, :mnd whoit gives much of hieir time 1o peu'inii. th Ii'oo(k boo1k. A few nmrnings ago, the. (ook, wvhiose naum is AlIandy,' wam' tol o miake so'ne (Oake A shiort tim eanter wardl' slhe ap. p eaired ini t he parulor' wit hi t hie took hook in her~ handits, and( said(. " I wanuts ye r to i (en ight. 'fl' to de store andic get somje latter to put on deC cake." "Sonic wbhat?"' "' Some hatt er."' "Latter.'' " Yes, latter. I'sa done tole yer four timmie."' " In the name &' common sense, wtit is latter?'' "I dlunino w'ho hit am. I didn't write dlis hieabhbook. Hit readls dait a ecupfutll oh de I at ter shtould be put in de cake to make hit good.'' Mr's. ('ebb jemr.d the look out of the cook's hand, an L. at thme place indiented, read: "Mix ump the dou;-(h with a cup of water, or ot' sweet mhk, but the latter is the boa "-Texas .Siitna. --A New York physician offers to cure men of snorIng for ten dollars. -- Ex. Men who are mn the habit of snor-. in fo tndollars should consult him. n er o for such a msall apnount. It doesn't cost any moreT to snore for ten thoused d4Qare,--Qrr$OIht icr .. b1dL Tb hTew? rork th0 tbf tba tt "the sooner $atvr$r u riNy M mits women upoh eaoetly the same terms with Okford the bettor for her putation for Intelligence and ueoful. -In the late report of Attorney-Gen. eral Baldwin, of Indiana, he shows that he has collected and added to the per. manent and common-school funds of the State $101,000 in two years. --Rev. -Mr. Von Schluembach, an evangelist, who in former years labored extensively among the Germans of New York, has engaged in ovangdlistic work in Germany, where he is meeting with uccess. -In the Methodist Episcopal Church there are 20,463 Sunday-schools, 223, 912 officers and teachers, and 1,588,147 scholars. Since the organization of the National Sunday-School Union an:l Tract Society, it has aided 40,000 Sun day-schools, at an expense of $475,000. -'Tho claim that educational inter ests in the South are almost neglected, is now well founded. Since the war the Methodist Church has expended $4,009,000 upon education in that sec tion. All otjier denominations halvo contributed $6,000,000 for the same purpose. -Chicago Journal. -'There is theoretically no distinction as to sex in the Chicago liommopathio College, but the females complain that there are, in fact, many discriminations against them, such as their frequent ex clusion from clinical lectures and the wards of hospitals. They threaten to leave in a body unless they get all the privileges accorded to the male stn dents.--Chicago News. -The Congregationaliat tells this funny episode in candidating, which oc curred in a church during the past sum mer, which was on the lookout for a minister: "A man, supposed to be in iluential with the committee, received a very urgent letter from a minister of an other denomination, saying that he was one of twin brothers, both ministers, and that together they were willing to undertake pulpit an pastoral duties, for one salary, and, let them once ap pear in that pulpit., he was sure the plan would work. The letter was passed to a prominent member of the eonunittee, who, after perusing it, puckcred up his mouth and removed his glasseos to re mark that undoubtedly all the brains in those two heads would be der aanded, but the committee must insist on hav ing them under but one hat-" iiOME AND FARM. -Keep all animals which are housed scrupulously clean, well fed and wa tered. -Stock the farm to the fullest extent with safety. Iaise all the food possible, hay, grain, straw, fodder, then feed lib erally but carefully. -The most successful breeders of sheep in England find that good-yes even rather high-feed keeps their sheep in much better health than when they are not so well cared for. -)o not put soap in the water with which you wash the glass on your bu reau; wash it with clear water with a soft cloth; then polish it with a piece of chamois-skin. This removes lint and makes the glass shine.-N. Y. Exami ner. -By all odds the cheapest and best way to eradicate common har-d wood stump)s, sa&ys the Practical Farmer, is to work the groundl with a shovel plow, sow buckwheat or plant corn until seeded to timothy, orchard grass and clover, and p)asture unt,il the stumps so3 far decay that they can be pulled out by hitching a chain aroundl the top whlen the ground is wet in the winter or' spring. -To wash a carpet, spread it wvhere you can use a brush, and scrub as you would a floor. Scrape one peek of Irish potatoes into two pails of wvatcr and let them stani over night; when ready to u.se add more wvater and two ounces of beef gall. When (dry brush hard with a broom. -To clean marble, dissolve in water to which has been added one teaspoon futl of washing soda, a large lump of Spanish whiting, making a paste; ap ply to the marble with a flannel cloth, rubbing well, and leave it on for sonme time, and, Uf necessary, repeat the process. Wash off thoroughly with soap and water, then dry and polish with a soft dnster.-Detroie Post. -Tro prevent a horse being scared, if disposed to it, when first put A3to) har ness without blindecrs, take hin behind the carriage and at the side, and let him touch these with his n:se and1 smell t,henm well. If curtains enclose the car ringe, as is usual in a rockaway, loosen and shake them in the face of the horse; then stand hiim fronting the carriage, between the shafts, and if a buggy, raie and lower the top, to accustom him to this. If these frighten him a little, re peat till he gets completely over it arid then attach'hinm to the vehicle. A Lively Corpse. An excursion agency, according to an arrangement made with the British mili tary auithorities, are in the habit of tak ing sick and convalescent officers and soldiers up the Nile and back in their steamers, Among the passengers oh one of these steamers was Capt. Banker, of the royal artillery, and1 also a sergeani named Beckman. T1heo latter, just be fore thme return of the steamer to Cairo, died on board. Theli doctor telegraphed at once to the proper authorities, iv Cairo, announeing Beckman's death, andI saying that tihe funeral would take place at Kast-en-Nil bridge, at nine o'clock on the morning of thme 25th. By an error of the Arabic telegraph clerki time name Beckman got transformed into Baker, which is, by the wvay, a very 'common1 name in Arabic, and signifie '"discreet." 'The result was that Capt. Baker's dleath was officially anmnouncedl in general orders, and just as the steamer arrived at Cairo two artillerymoen tp. pared with an elegantly-made coffin, hearing silver plates with engraved in scriptions of the dates of the birth and death of Capt. Baker. The artillerymen marched uip to the doctor, and, salumting him, said that "Ihey had come to tak~e away Capt. Baker." The doctor replied that Capt. Baker wars going to Shep. heard's hotel. The gunners seemed perplexed, and suddenly Capt. Bakem hunself ca me up on deck, the picture of health and smok ing a cigar. The gun ners, firmly believing they stood face to face with a ghost, dropped their gbastly burden ani-l ran. The worst of it- was that Capt. Baker's wife and family in England had been officially informed ofi ,bis death, and the 25th of November, th day xed for hisfuneral, was Capt.I -A scientific writer assertm that the long current belief that the oonen-itrio rings of a tree are a record of i ,e eseh ring represeninlg a year'sRgrowb is a m.stake A series of *xperimnt. Olstiate Organ Orinders. "Will you aend a polleeman to drivl awa an organ' inder?" a servant fron a avenue house asked of a Justia in the Yorkville Police Court. "Can't you drive him away without , policeman a help?" the Justice asked. "It is a woman, sir, and she won bidge an inch. The policeman was sent. A middle aged woman was sitting beside a lo' eart, in one end of which was a hand ox Can, while two infants were sleeping o pillows in the other end. The woma muttered angrily when the policema addressed her, and moved slowly away A young woman across the street bee oned to the policeman and said: "I at the nurse here, and a lady inside is dau goriously ill. The organ gtinders see determined to murder her. Yesterda' we were obliged to feed not less than dozen before they would move away and we haven't had a quiet minute tc day When this woman came we cov eluded it was useless to hire them t le ave for one departed only to mak room for another. We told her to gc but she paid no attention, but when told her we would send for a policemar and wheu the servant finally did stari she went across the street." "This is no new experience of mine, the nurse added. "I have no end trouble with organ grinders. Ther seems to be an association of them i this city, and they make it their bus: noss to blackmail the sick in this wa3 In casos of nervous trouble, where pea fot quiet is necessary, they often reap rich harvest."-New York Sun. -A letter, written by Prosper Mer nice during his Eastern travels in 1841 has just been unearthed, whicfi contait a compliment by a Turkish pasha to th press. "Great invention, newspaper I said the paslia to his visitor ; they a: ford an excellent way to pass the time. "But you Oriontals have the pipe, whic is infinitely superior." "I don't kno, about that," answerodl the pasha. "'Yo see,when you smnoke,sometimesitinspir( you with gloomy thoughts, whereaa when you rend the French newspaper you never find anything to think abou at all 1" The Tall N. cnsnore of the Wabnab. The special correspondent of tb Indianapolis (Ind.) Journal, embodied i: a recent communicotion the followin from Hoin. Daniel W. Voorhees: I con sider St. Jacobs Oil a splendid remedy I suffered from an affection of the bac and kidneys, with some rhoumatism-i fact, it was rheumatism of the back. used St. Jacobs Oil and found it ver efficacious. It gave me instantaneou relief, and finally cured me completely -It is said that Louis do Cassa;nai is to tight at duel on horseback with sa bers. I the tighters want to fight ti death, let them substit'te mules, ani back their engines of war into eae'' oth P r --wdtia/ napolis Journa(!. CiA PrED hands, face, pimples and roug skin cured by using Juniper Tar Soap mad by Caswell, Hazard & Co.. New York. " Ruchu-PaIba." Quick, complete cure, all annoying Kidne] liladderand rinary Biseases. e1. Druggist FO thick heads, heavy stomachs, blion ne:s-Well.' May Apple Pills. 10 and 26 -Fashion now decrees that a bridt tour need not last over three days, an some one says "most any sort of a c; ple can remain within doors that long. Puxnc cod-liver oil, from selected liver1 on the sea shore by Caswell. Hazard & Co N. Y. Absolutely pure and sweet. Paliet who have once taken it prefer it to all otl ers. Physicians declar, it superior to a ether oils. TH E most comfortaube boot iri town is th with Lyon's P&tent Metallic lieel Stiilener Thle Secret of Livinug. ucovill', Sarsapar'ila or L-1,soil andc Liver Eyn will cure Scrofu'ous Taint, ithicumatisms , WI: Swelling, G.out. Goitre, Consumaption, Urorchuit Nervous Debitity, Atalaria an,d all dhsen-es ami* froma an impu'c condituion of th~e blood. Thbe merits of this v.luable preparat!on a:s well known that a pas,ing notilc is bt nce 'aa to remuin:1 the rea oe of this j uurna' of the ane alty of aiways having a bottle oft Scovill u l3loAd : L ver syrup among their uteck of faily neces ities. Cerliitcastes can be present:d fromt mnay lerdi phyaician', minlsters and. hepd of famllies throu.. ont the lanti indoraing it in the ltest I rmtr. are constantly in receIpt of certificatce f eurTes frc ~ho mosut reliable soua , and wo do niot h-itti r comumer.d it. " """"""""' THE GREAT GERMA Rielleves~ and cures dli 1) RIHEUMIATISI N eu raIgi a, Sciatica, Lumbago, HiEADA0HiE,To0fBACHj SORE THRlOAT, Soreness, Cuts, Dlrulses hanBIURNN', SCALDS, Ad all other biOdlly achi aild pains. IIIfjlJ1JJll~~1 FIFY'CENTSA8TT. Sold bty all ISru,gsta an De I tr. irections in ~ ~fffIIi~'4hOIlf~ The Charles A. Vogeler Ce 1 ~IllW~jfjjlllllI fuess . >. A. VoGE.L.R & cO. Htostetter's Stoma dfl~LEE in'Bttr gIves steas ness io thec nerves. 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'~~ prs.n ~ -oat 03ero.I Cost 1, as I rui yo . . o r S"A combcinatio f Pro toxidte oj' Iron., P'erupaa Jiarkc a,&d L'hosphaorta i as alatable, form. .For Power, 4..i 4,.4.epaena. ~~F REV.J.L.TOWR DO .most er.oelant remedy for tedebilitated 'vital foroea.